Winter Wings Festival 2019

Come to Klamath Falls February 14-17 for the Winter Wings Festival. The bald eagles are around, possible large flocks of snow geese and tundra swans and a lot of raptors. I’ll be giving the keynote on the evening of the 15th of Feb. Go tot he inter wings website for more info. www.WinterWingsFest.org

George Lepp to be presented with lifetime achievement award at nanpa summit

The 2019 NANPA Summit will be held in Las Vegas, NV on February 21-23, 2019. On Saturday evening (the 23rd) I will be presenting the keynote and closing the summit. Lots of other presenters and a large photo trade show. For more info on the summit go to: http://www.nanpa.org/event/nature-photography-summit-2/

New Canon EOS-1D X MK II Field Tested by George Lepp

I've been photographing with the EOS- 1D X MK II for more than a week and have had a chance to put it through it's paces in several field situations. All of the subjects so far have been birds, which I feel are some of the hardest subjects to capture. Click on images to see them larger!

New Canon EOS 5DS R Tested by George Lepp

George had the good fortune of testing the new Canon EOS 5DS R 50MP camera at WPPI in Las Vegas Nevada. He and 3 of his Canon Explorers went to The Valley of Fire and photographed the scenery, as well as a model. Take a look at the new NEWS page to see examples from this incredible high-resolution camera.

The new Canon EOS 5DS R camera and the recent EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 MK II lens at 400mm. Click on this image to take you to more examples from the camera.

A new 4K video of the Smith Rock State Park eagle nest is available below. From egg to fledgling is documented in the new 11 minute high definition video!

A six-day old bald eagle chick is kept warm and protected by its parent. This is a 4K frame grab from the video footage taken to create the 11 minute 4K video below. The video will play at the resolution that your system will allow.

The 11 minute 4K video above was captured using Canon's EOS 5D MK IV and EOS-1D X MK II cameras. Lenses to bring in close the nest from 200+ feet were the EF100-400mm Mk II, EF500mm MK II, and the EF800mm. Using tele-extenders and considering the 4K crop factor of the camera the maximum focal length used was 3889mm. 120 hours were spent at the nest site and many hours editing the 4K footage to pull frame grabs that were sent out over social media. A gallery of those frame grabs will soon be available on this site.